Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations: Global Awakenings in Theology and Praxis

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This groundbreaking volume arose out of the Postcolonial Roundtable in 2010, with contributors addressing the intersection of postcolonialism and evangelicalism. Looking at themes like nationalism, mission, Christology, catholicity and shalom, this volume explores new possibilities for evangelical thought, identity and practice.

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Colonialism involves more than just territorial domination. It also creates cultural space that silences and disenfranchises those who do not hold power. This process of subjugation continues today in various forms of neocolonialism, such as globalization. Postcolonialism arose in the latter half of the twentieth century to challenge the problem of coloniality at the level of our language and our actions (praxis). Postcolonialism seeks to disrupt forms of domination and empower the marginalized to be agents of transformation.In 2010, the Postcolonial Roundtable gathered at Gordon College to initiate a new conversation regarding the significance of postcolonial discourse for evangelicalism. The present volume is the fruit of that discussion. Addressing themes like nationalism, mission, Christology, catholicity and shalom, these groundbreaking essays explore new possibilities for evangelical thought, identity and practice. The contributors demonstrate the resources for postcolonial criticism within the evangelical tradition, as well as the need to subject evangelical thought to an ever-new critique to prevent the formation of new centers of domination. Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations models the kind of open dialogue that the church needs in order to respond appropriately to the pressing concerns of the world today.

Author Biography

Kay Higuera Smith (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is professor of religion and chair of the department of biblical studies at Azusa Pacific University. Her specialization is in the New Testament and early Judaism.L. Daniel Hawk (PhD, Emory University) is professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. An ordained United Methodist minister, he is the author of several books, including Joshua in 3-D (Cascade, 2010) and Every Promise Fulfilled (Westminster John Knox, 1990).Jayachitra Lalitha (DTh, Serampore University) is associate professor of New Testament at Tamilnadu Theological Seminary in Madurai, South India, where she is dean of the women's studies department and coordinator of the Tamilnadu Theological Seminary Church Women Centre. She is also cochair of the World Christianity Group of the American Academy of Religion and coeditor of Teaching All Nations: Interrogating the Great Commission (Fortress, 2013).

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Postcolonial Conversations MatterReflection on Postcolonial FriendshipBrian D. McLarenThe Importance of Postcolonial Evangelical ConversationsSteve HuA Response to the Postcolonial Roundtable: Promises, Problems and ProspectsGene L. GreenThe Postcolonial Challenge to EvangelicalsEditorsProspects and Problems for Evangelical PostcolonialismsRobert S. HeaneyPart 1 Mission and Metanarrative: Origins and ArticulationsIntroduction to Part 1- L. Daniel Hawk1. From Good: "The Only Good Indian Is a Dead Indian"; to Better: "Kill the Indian and Save the Man"; to Best: "Old Things Pass Away and All Things Become White!" An American Hermeneutic of ColonizationL. Daniel Hawk and Richard L. Twiss2. North American Mission and Motive: Following the MarkersGregory L. Cuéllar and Randy S. Woodley3. Postcolonial Feminism, the Bible and the Native Indian WomenJayachitra Lalitha4. Converting a Colonialist Christ: Toward an African Postcolonial ChristologyVictor Ifeanyi Ezigbo and Reggie L. WilliamsPart 2 The Stories behind the Colonial StoriesIntroduction to Part 2 - Kay Higuera Smith5. Tracing the Metanarrative of Colonialism and Its LegacyTeri R. Merrick6. American Exceptionalism as Prophetic NationalismKurt Anders RichardsonPart 3 Revisioning Evangelical TheologyIntroduction to Part 3 - Jayachitra Lalitha7. The Apocalypse of Colonialism: Notes Toward a Postcolonial EschatologyChristian T. Collins Winn and Amos Yong8. Jesus/Christ the Hybrid: Toward a Postcolonial Evangelical ChristologyJoya Colon-Berezin and Peter Goodwin Heltzel9. Recovering the Spirit of Pentecost: Canon and Catholicity in Postcolonial PerspectiveMegan K. DeFranza and John R. FrankePart 4 Transforming the Evangelical LegacyIntroduction to Part 4 - Kay Higuera Smith10. The Problem and Promise of Praxis in Postcolonial CriticismFederico A. Roth and Gilberto Lozano11. Embracing the Other: A Vision for Evangelical IdentityKay Higuera Smith12. Healthy Leadership and Power Differences in the Postcolonial Community: Two ReflectionsNicholas Rowe and Ray Aldred13. Christian Disciplines as Ways of Instilling God?s Shalom for Postcolonial Communities: Two ReflectionsNicholas Rowe and Safwat A. MarzoukPart 5 Closing the CircleIntroduction to Part 5: The Evolution of the Postcolonial RoundtableJoseph F. Duggan14. Hosting a True Roundtable: Dialogue Across Theological and Postcolonial DividesJudith OlesonBenedictionGregory W. CarmerDr. Richard Twiss: A RemembranceRandy S. WoodleyContributors' BiographiesName and Subject IndexScripture Index

Review

"The contributors to Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations remind us that there is no view from nowhere. More importantly, they help western evangelicals realize how often we have confused our finite and fallible human responses to God's self-disclosure with the Word of God itself—how often we have confined God's Word to our words. What I enjoyed most about this book is the way it invited me, the reader, into an ongoing conversation that itself models how self-identifying evangelicals can better listen to the voices of those in the Majority World and on the margins in a manner that engenders humility, repentance and even our ongoing conversion to something that more closely resembles God's reign on earth as it is in heaven." -- Dennis Okholm, professor of theology, Azusa Pacific University"This pioneering book charts a new direction in evangelical theology. It employs postcolonial theory to examine the evangelical legacy and offers rich insights in the reconstruction of mission and theology. Forward-looking and provocative, the book will no doubt stimulate debates in the evangelical church and beyond." -- Kwok Pui-lan, author of Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology"The various 'isms' usually start outside evangelicalism. They arrive in nonevangelical packaging and may provoke questioning and anxiety, but then they may get thought through within an evangelical framework and become fruitful within evangelical thinking and commitments in a way that can be instructive for the whole church. It can take time to navigate the sequence, even though evangelicalism is related to Protestantism, and postcolonialism (as one of the contributors notes) is a protest movement. This collection is the marvelous fruit of the work of those who have reflected deeply on postcolonialism. It's neat that so many of the chapters are cowritten. And whereas terms like empire can sound as if they apply chiefly to the empire against which the American colonies rebelled, it's encouraging for a Brit to be able to note how much attention is paid to the colonial nature of thinking and action within the Americas." -- John Goldingay, Fuller Theological Seminary"This collection is a solid, sharp contribution to the juncture of Christian studies and postcolonial studies. I have noted with delight how in recent years evangelical theology has addressed the major crises and issues of our times. This has certainly been the case with regard to migration and economics. This venture into the discourse of imperial-colonial formations and relations is thus much needed and much welcomed. I look forward to dialogue and recommend the volume highly. A job well done!" -- Fernando Segovia, Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, Vanderbilt University"Christianity today is facing tremendous challenges and opportunities tied to often-overlooked flows of power in our postcolonial world. What role does faith play as suffering persists and lives are lost? The contributors to this volume join a broader theological debate, making major contributions as they reclaim the robust witness of the evangelical heritage for the common good with creativity and courage." -- Joerg Rieger, Wendland-Cook Professor of Constructive Theology, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University"I feel like Rip Van Winkle, who went to sleep and woke up in a changed world. The ways of doing missions have undergone a paradigm shift, and these writers helped me understand it." -- Tony Campolo, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania"This volume presents a groundbreaking endeavor toward evangelical postcolonial theology, articulating the intersection between evangelical and postcolonial discourse. It challenges the theological roundtable under the dominion of the Western metanarrative of Enlightenment that keeps the colonial project and its civilizing mission intact, undertaking a constructive task for evangelical-postcolonial relevance and praxis in the face of the empire driven by globalization. This is an important contribution toward postcolonial imagination, which deepens and reinterprets evangelical theological discourse and praxis." -- Paul S. Chung, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota"Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations prophetically challenges the evangelical community to examine critically how it is complicit, historically and presently, in the colonial enterprise, while also avoiding praxis-oriented suggestions for redressing oppression. This book is essential for introductory level courses at any seminary, CUME included, as it provide a wealth of knowledge for theologians and practitioners alike to re-examine their past as they progress in their vocation. . . . For practitioners and academics alike, Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations is highly recommended for moving past that illusory enchantment to work that is truly liberating." -- Jorge Juan Rodriguez V, Africanus Journal, 8, 2"A helpful reader that gives voice to postcolonial thought at a time when evangelical leaders must engage increasingly pluralistic contexts." -- Dr. Jared Looney, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, July 2015"There is so much to commend here. If contemporary evangelical missiology is to forge a path that is both liberating and consistent with its aim of authentically bearing witness to God's good news, then conversations such as this are essential. If the exchanges in this volume are any indication, the future of the evangelical-postcolonial conversation is an extraordinarily hopeful one." -- Chris Flanders, Missiology 43(4), October 2015"This book adds to the much-needed conversation in today's post-colonial, post-Christian, post-modern, neo-capitalist, and urbanized world. All the 'posts' and hyphens destroy what modern Evangelicalism attempted to wrap up so neatly, particularly from its designated position of power. The contribution of this volume helps many to take seriously their perceptions and seek God's overall wisdom in collaboration with the complication of hybridity in our world." -- Kevin Book-Satterlee, Mission Studies, 31 (2014)

Long Description

Colonialism involves more than just territorial domination. It also creates cultural space that silences and disenfranchises those who do not hold power. This process of subjugation continues today in various forms of neocolonialism, such as globalization. Postcolonialism arose in the latter half of the twentieth century to challenge the problem of coloniality at the level of our language and our actions (praxis). Postcolonialism seeks to disrupt forms of domination and empower the marginalized to be agents of transformation.In 2010, the Postcolonial Roundtable gathered at Gordon College to initiate a new conversation regarding the significance of postcolonial discourse for evangelicalism. The present volume is the fruit of that discussion. Addressing themes like nationalism, mission, Christology, catholicity and shalom, these groundbreaking essays explore new possibilities for evangelical thought, identity and practice. The contributors demonstrate the resources for postcolonial criticism within the evangelical tradition, as well as the need to subject evangelical thought to an ever-new critique to prevent the formation of new centers of domination. Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations models the kind of open dialogue that the church needs in order to respond appropriately to the pressing concerns of the world today.

Review Text

"Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations prophetically challenges the evangelical community to examine critically how it is complicit, historically and presently, in the colonial enterprise, while also avoiding praxis-oriented suggestions for redressing oppression. This book is essential for introductory level courses at any seminary, CUME included, as it provide a wealth of knowledge for theologians and practitioners alike to re-examine their past as they progress in their vocation. . . . For practitioners and academics alike, Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations is highly recommended for moving past that illusory enchantment to work that is truly liberating."

Review Quote

"This volume presents a groundbreaking endeavor toward evangelical postcolonial theology, articulating the intersection between evangelical and postcolonial discourse. It challenges

Details ISBN0830840532 Short Title EVANGELICAL POSTCOLONIAL CONVE Publisher IVP Academic Language English ISBN-10 0830840532 ISBN-13 9780830840533 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 270.83 Author L. Daniel Hawk Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-06-05 Imprint IVP Academic Subtitle Global Awakenings in Theology and Praxis Place of Publication IL Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-06-05 NZ Release Date 2014-06-05 US Release Date 2014-06-05 UK Release Date 2014-06-05 Pages 272 Edited by L. Daniel Hawk Audience General We've got this

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